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accidents 97–98, 105, 107–108, 205, 209, 212
Addison’s disease 94
amateur theatricals 22, 158, 168–171, 174
anorexia 97
Austen, Anna (niece) 3–4, 18, 147, 170, 175
Austen, Caroline (niece) 3–4, 18, 147, 175
Austen, Cassandra (mother) 42, 60, 93, 95, 111, 119, 170, 176
Austen, Cassandra Elizabeth (sister) 3, 19–20, 60, 93, 95, 118, 124, 170, 204
Austen, George (father) 42, 63, 118, 175
Austen, Henry (brother) 20, 95, 170, 172, 174
Austen Knight, Edward (brother) 159, 170
Austen Leigh, James Edward (nephew) 4
A Memoir of Jane Austen by her Nephew 175–176, 183, 206
Barrett, Eaton 140
The Heroine 140
Bath 19, 29, 108, 118, 122, 125, 129–130, 136, 180, 182, 192, 200–201, 206–208
Bennet, Catherine ‘Kitty’ 58, 102
Bennet, Elizabeth 1–19, 24–26, 30, 43, 56–58, 60, 66, 69, 73, 79, 81–82, 101–102, 104, 114, 120, 124, 128–129, 134, 149, 156, 160–161, 187, 191–192, 203–204, 209, 211
Bennet, Jane 24–25, 56, 60, 79, 85, 102, 104, 114, 192, 209, 211
Bennet, Lydia 5–6, 13, 15–17, 58–60, 65–66, 102, 104–105, 122, 156, 159, 192
Bennet, Mr. 6, 15–17, 25, 59–60, 65, 67, 102, 104–105, 178, 183
Bennet, Mrs. 6, 12–14, 16–18, 27, 30, 42–43, 49, 56–59, 65–67, 73, 102–106, 108, 122, 126, 129, 157, 176, 192
Benwick, Captain James 196
Bertram, Edmund 44, 149–150, 156, 158, 161–162, 164, 167–169, 171, 173–174, 178, 209, 211
Bertram, Julia 43, 73, 158, 174, 178
Bertram, Lady 43, 156–157, 159–160, 164–167, 170, 173
Bertram, Maria 43, 158, 167–169, 173–174
Bertram, Sir Thomas 69, 129, 150, 156, 159–160, 164–165, 170–171
Bertram, Tom 169
Bigg-Wither, Harris 200
Bingley, Caroline 14, 17, 82, 88, 101, 114, 126, 134, 204
Bingley, Charles 11, 14–15, 27, 30, 65, 114, 126, 177
Bingley, Louisa 17, 101, 114, 126, 204
Bloom, Harold 20
bodies 14, 51, 98, 100, 103–104, 109, 123, 150, 159, 165, 167, 191–192, 204, 208
Bond, James 77
Brandon, Colonel 30, 37–39, 50, 54–55, 64, 68–69, 74, 85, 119, 197, 211
Bristol 122
Brontës, the 130
Burney, Fanny 10, 78, 103, 141
‘Highland Mary’ 195
‘Mary in Heaven’ 195
‘My Highland Lassie’ 195
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect 190
‘Their Groves o’ Sweet Myrtle’ 193
‘To a Louse’ 191
Bynum, W. F. 102
cake 118, 125–126, 128, 130, 180, 184
Campbell, Mary Margaret 195–196
Carroll, Lewis 210
Cavendish, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire 77
Chawton, Hampshire 19, 61, 93, 95, 118, 124
cherry 115
childhood 4, 7, 51, 87, 95, 102, 119, 139, 143, 161
children 13, 24, 43–46, 50, 52, 56, 59–60, 65, 68–69, 79, 84, 93, 102, 104, 116, 118, 123, 129, 142, 150–152, 160, 164, 174–178, 180–181, 190, 196, 208
Christie, Agatha 210
Christmas 123, 130, 150–151, 178, 180–181, 183, 185
Churchill, Frank 74, 110–111, 128–129, 136–137, 139, 141–143, 145–146, 149, 153, 174, 179, 207
Cleveland 36
cold (illness) 13, 87, 97, 101, 110
Collins, Charlotte Lucas. See Lucas, Charlotte
Collins, William 7, 11–13, 15–16, 57, 66, 130, 164, 178, 203
comedy 15, 22, 31, 34–35, 37–39, 51, 53, 56, 63–64, 66–67, 70–72, 74, 87, 105, 109, 115, 120–123, 139, 143–145, 165–166, 192, 211
conversation 4–7, 9–10, 14, 17, 20–21, 23–27, 31, 33, 46, 51, 87–88, 110, 126, 129, 140, 161, 164–165, 167–168, 176, 187, 190
Copeland, Edward 64
Cope, Sir Zachary 94
courtship 50, 99, 102, 111, 144, 172, 205
Cowper, William 26
Crawford, Henry 69, 73, 124, 155–159, 167–169, 171–174
Crawford, Mary 81, 83, 124, 149, 157–158, 163, 167–169, 172, 211
Crawford, Robert 188
critical reception 3–4, 12, 17, 20, 24, 97, 138, 144, 157, 170, 187
Croft, Mrs. 60
Curtis, Mr. 95
dancing 8, 10–11, 24, 27, 59, 102, 113, 137, 139, 158, 181, 183, 201
Darcy, Mr. Fitzwilliam 3, 5, 7–15, 17, 57, 59, 69, 82, 88, 101, 120, 124–125, 129, 156, 160, 177, 191–192, 203, 211
Dashwood, Elinor 19, 24–39, 42, 45–46, 48–56, 64–65, 69–74, 79, 85, 91, 97, 99–100, 114–116, 118–119, 161, 172, 177, 196–197, 209, 211
Dashwood, Fanny 22–23, 25–26, 37, 46–48, 52–53, 68, 129
Dashwood, Harry 177
Dashwood, Henry 23, 25–29, 38, 42, 52–58, 70, 72, 177
Dashwood, John 22, 25, 27, 37, 47–48, 52, 129
Dashwood, Margaret 26–27, 42, 50, 75
Dashwood, Marianne 20, 24–31, 34–39, 42, 46, 49–55, 59, 64–65, 68–74, 79, 81, 97–101, 106, 114–115, 117–119, 161, 177, 192, 197, 209–210
daughters 13, 16–17, 29, 41–61, 163, 176
death 16–17, 21, 23–24, 36, 42, 44, 46, 52, 71, 93, 95, 97, 110–111, 117, 125, 130, 133, 139, 142–143, 164, 176, 178, 189–191, 195–196, 199–200
de Bourgh, Lady Catherine 4, 7–8, 13, 58, 77, 120, 129–130, 203
De Courcy, Lady 87
De Courcy, Mr. Reginald 79–80, 84, 87–91
De Courcy, Sir Reginald 84, 87–88
Denham, Lady 203–204, 210, 212
Denham, Sir Edward 21, 212–213
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 82
dialogue 1, 7, 9, 12, 21–22, 25, 43, 50–51, 123, 165–166, 204
Dickens, Charles 130, 180, 190
A Christmas Carol 180
Bleak House 157
dog 113
Donwell Abbey 134–135, 137, 149
Duckworth, Alistair 16
Belinda 140
education 8, 37, 49, 59, 91, 122, 156, 190
Egerton, Thomas 20
Elinor and Marianne 19, 24, 31, 34, 49, 63–64, 79, 97, 114
Eliot, T. S. 211
The Waste Land 211
Elliot, Anne 41, 44–45, 69, 72, 77, 81, 105–106, 108, 117, 123, 156, 160–161, 179–180, 184, 196, 200–201, 205
Elliot, Elizabeth 129, 182–184
Elliot, Mary. See Musgrove, Mary
Elliot, Sir Walter 2, 44, 157, 181–185, 200, 205–206
Elliot, William 24, 73, 83, 200–202, 209
Elton, Augusta 31, 74, 122–123, 138, 145, 149
Elton, Mr. 136, 141, 144–146, 150–151, 164, 201
Emma 44, 97, 108, 111, 117, 120–122, 124, 128, 133–136, 146, 149–150, 152, 157, 160, 166, 173–174, 176–179, 201–202, 205, 209
The English Malady 103
Fairfax, Jane 74, 110, 117, 128, 137–139, 142–143, 145–146, 149, 152, 174, 177, 179
family life 6, 21, 104, 123, 176, 181
Ferrars, Edward 10, 27–35, 37–39, 46–48, 51–56, 172, 177, 197, 211
Ferrars, Mrs. 30, 34–35, 37–38, 46–48, 53, 177, 211
Ferrars, Robert 32, 34, 37–39, 48
Fielding, Henry 141
Tom Jones 141
flirtation 6, 24, 59, 73, 79–80, 102, 106–107, 168, 171, 184, 197
food 26, 108, 113, 115–123, 125–126, 128
Forster, E. M. 90
Fowler, Karen Joy 156
Frazer, Mrs. 127
The Practice of Cookery 127
free indirect speech 71, 79, 203
friendship 5, 33, 35–36, 45–46, 53, 57–58, 79, 81–83, 88, 90, 99, 110, 114, 133–136, 138–141, 143–145, 149, 156, 162, 165–166, 179, 184, 187, 190, 196, 203, 206, 209
games 45, 110, 159, 160. See also Lottery Tickets (game); See also Speculation (game); See also Whist (game)
Gothic fiction 21, 35, 41, 115, 134, 142, 146, 194, 210
grandchildren 175, 177–180, 182–183
grandparents 175, 177–180, 183
grape 126
Hartfield 134–138, 140, 146, 150–152, 178
health 16, 26, 58, 61, 88, 94, 97, 99, 109–110, 113, 118, 120, 135, 137, 157, 165, 176, 178, 203, 209
Heilbrun, Carolyn 3
Henry and Eliza 64
Heywood, Charlotte 187–188, 195, 203, 207–208, 210, 212–213
Highbury 110, 134–138, 142–143, 152–153, 179
History of England (juvenilia) 191, 204
horse 23, 52, 117, 135, 137, 150, 212
husband-hunting 43, 45, 54–55, 57, 64, 196
hypochondria 61, 93, 94, 97, 102, 105, 108, 109, 120, 130, 136, 188, 204, 208, 209. See also nerves
illness 23, 44, 55, 71, 72, 73, 93, 94, 96, 99, 100, 101, 102, 105, 106, 111, 166, 188, 204, 205, 207. See also cold (illness); See also sore throat; See also toothache; See also delirium; See also depression; See also fever; See also gout; See also hypochondria; See also nerves; See also rheumatism
intelligence 6, 25, 49, 52, 70, 82, 85, 91, 160
invalidism 60, 97, 106, 108, 110–111, 176, 207–209
Jennings, Mrs. 28–31, 34–38, 49–53, 55–57, 63–65, 67–75, 115, 119–120, 177, 192, 209
Jones, Mr. 101
Keats, John 189
Kennedy, John F. 94
kindness 35, 70–71, 88–89, 111, 152
Knightley, George 73–74, 82, 109–111, 122–125, 130, 134–135, 138–139, 141–148, 151–152, 156, 179, 201, 206
Knightley, Isabella. See Woodhouse, Isabella
Knightley, John 130, 137, 151–152
Kotzebue, von August 168
The Lady’s Preceptor 88
Lady Susan 64, 77–78, 84–86, 90
Lady Susan (character). See Vernon, Lady Susan
Lane, Maggie 125
Lascelles, Mary 17
Laslett, Peter 176
The World We Have Lost 176
Lesley Castle 86, 116–117, 119
letter-writing 21, 80–83, 85, 87–89, 142–143, 211
London 11, 14, 20, 37, 46, 48, 51, 54, 68, 71–72, 79, 85, 95–96, 114–116, 124–125, 147, 151, 210
Love and Freindship 21, 64, 84, 86, 140, 175, 201, 208, 210
Lucas, Charlotte 7, 13, 57–58, 66–67, 114, 178, 187, 203–204
manners 10, 31, 48–49, 70, 116, 121–122, 140, 164, 191, 211
Mansfield Park 6, 43–44, 69, 73, 77, 97, 117, 120–122, 124–125, 129, 149–150, 155–160, 169–175, 178, 196, 209
Manwaring, Mr. 79
Manwaring, Mrs. 79
marriage 11, 15–18, 27, 30, 39, 43–45, 52–57, 59–60, 65–68, 73–74, 79–80, 84, 88, 98, 104–105, 113, 115, 122, 133–134, 138, 141–142, 145, 147, 158, 168–169, 172–173, 175–176, 178, 183, 195, 200
Martin, Sir James 79–80, 88–90
meat 56, 106, 116, 118, 120, 125–128, 210
Middleton, Lady 31, 34–35, 49–52, 68, 70–71, 129, 177
Jane Austen, or the Secret of Style 2
money 6, 17, 20, 22, 26, 29, 46–47, 49, 54, 59, 83, 135, 177, 190, 205, 210
Morland, Catherine 45–46, 113, 115, 125, 134, 157, 160–161, 163, 194, 206, 211–212
Morton, Miss 38
mothers 18, 29, 41–42, 45, 56–57, 60, 139
mourning 24
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 193
Musgrove, Charles 180, 182, 201
Musgrove, Henrietta 108
Musgrove, Mary 105–106, 108, 124–125, 134, 180, 182–183, 207–209
music 11–12, 91, 138, 183, 192–193
Navy 205
nectarine 126
needlework 166
nerves 16, 43, 65, 67, 97, 100, 102–105, 108–111, 120, 136, 152
Netherfield 10–11, 13–14, 101, 124, 149, 209
Norris, Mrs. 43, 73, 77, 120–121, 150, 156–157, 160, 164–167, 170, 173
Northanger Abbey 19–21, 25, 37, 42, 44–45, 63, 73, 90, 97, 113, 115, 125, 129, 134, 150, 155, 157, 163, 166, 177, 194, 199, 206, 212
nursing 71, 95–97, 99, 101, 108, 192, 209
olive 115
Palmer, Mrs. Charlotte 30–31, 37, 50–52, 68, 71–72, 74, 177
Palmer, Mr. Thomas 30, 50, 74, 206
paper 84
parents 6, 13, 16–17, 41–42, 45, 49, 58, 60, 79–80, 86, 113, 139, 143, 163, 174–175, 177, 179, 190
Parker, Susan 208
Parker, Thomas 187, 206–207, 209
peach 126
Persuasion 2, 12, 24, 41, 44–45, 60, 69, 73, 77, 83, 97, 105, 107, 117, 123–124, 134, 150, 157, 177, 179–180, 182, 191, 196–197, 199–202, 205, 209–210
piano 8, 20, 39, 59, 69, 120, 124, 192
Portsmouth 43, 121–122, 157, 173, 178, 210
Price, Fanny 22, 43, 83, 117, 121–122, 136, 150, 155–160, 162–165, 167–172, 174, 178, 210
Pride and Prejudice 1–3, 7, 12–13, 19–21, 25, 27–28, 30, 37, 41–42, 44, 46, 49, 56, 58, 60, 65, 67, 69, 78, 80–81, 97, 101–102, 114, 120, 122, 125–126, 129, 134, 150–151, 155, 157, 159, 175, 177–178, 187, 190, 192, 203–204
prostitution 59
Radcliffe, Ann 77
Mysteries of Udolpho 211
Randalls 134, 136–138, 150–152
Pamela 210
Sir Charles Grandison 139
Rushworth, Mr. James 167–169, 174
Russell Mitford, Mary 196
Sanditon 61, 147, 187, 191–192, 194–195, 197, 199, 202–203, 205–211, 213
satire 53, 61, 115–116, 119, 187–188, 191–192, 196, 208
Scott, Walter 2
Sense and Sensibility 19–23, 25–27, 30, 41–42, 45–46, 50, 52, 56–59, 63–64, 77–78, 97–98, 114–117, 129, 150, 157, 172, 177–178, 192, 196–197, 209
Seuss, Dr. 4
sexual attractiveness 35, 102, 189
sexual opportunism 6
Shakespeare, William 3, 23, 39, 170
King Lear 23
shopping 24
sibling relationships 19
sickness. See illness
Smith, Harriet 44, 74, 82, 110–111, 133–136, 138–148, 176
Speculation (game) 159
speech 6–7, 16, 23, 28, 50, 69, 78–79, 88, 95, 104, 136, 163, 166, 182, 200
Steele, Lucy 28, 31–35, 37–39, 48, 55–56, 64, 68, 74–75, 77, 197, 211
Steele, Nancy 70
Steventon, Hampshire 7, 93, 119
substitutes 44–45, 163, 167, 174, 196
symbolism 153, 160, 181, 184, 207
sympathy 3, 17, 43–44, 53, 69, 71, 81, 84, 104, 111, 192
table plan 127
taste 7, 27, 114, 125, 143, 145, 197
Taylor, Anne 44, 73, 109, 133–134, 136, 138–139, 141–143, 145–146, 151–152
Thomas, Edward 153
Thompson, Emma 50
Tilney, Captain Frederick 88
Tilney, General 45–46, 125, 129
Tilney, Henry 45, 113, 160, 194
Tomalin, Claire 21, 94, 166, 170
Trusler, Reverend John 116
The Honours of the Table 116
Twain, Mark 133
Vernon, Catherine 79–81, 84–87, 89, 91
Vernon, Frederica 79–80, 83, 85–86, 88–91
walking 133–138, 144, 147–148, 181, 207
Ward, Frances 156
The Watsons 43, 64, 78, 84, 203
Wentworth, Captain Frederick 44–45, 69, 105–108, 156, 160, 180, 196–197, 200–202, 211
Weston, Anne. See Taylor, Anne
Wickham, George 5–6, 8, 11, 13, 16, 28, 59, 65, 80, 104–105, 159, 177, 195
Wilde, Oscar 210
Willingden 205
Willoughby, John 28–29, 31, 35–37, 54–55, 64, 68, 70–71, 98–99, 192, 195
Constantia 119
wit 8–9, 12, 74, 78, 91, 113, 144–145, 169, 211
Wollstonecraft, Mary 183
Vindication of the Rights of Woman 183
Woodhouse, Emma 18, 25–26, 44–45, 70, 73–74, 81–82, 91, 108–111, 115, 120–121, 124, 126, 128–130, 133–153, 156–157, 161, 176, 178–179, 201, 205
Woodhouse, Henry 73, 108–111, 120, 130, 136, 138, 150–152, 166, 178–179, 209
Woodhouse, Isabella 70, 130, 151, 178
Woodhouse, Mrs. 44
Woolf, Virginia 2